Shoe-cleaner



D. KORCEK.

SHOE CLEANER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYY, 1920.

Patented Nov. 2; 1920.

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DOMINIK KORCEK, OF ELLSHORTH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SI-IOE- CLEANER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1920.

Application filed May 2, 1920. Serial No. 379,565.

1 0 all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, DOMINIK. Kononn, a citizen of Czecho-Slovakia,residing at Ellsworth, in the county of iVashington and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoc-Cleaners, or which the following is a specification.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device foreasily and quickly cleaning a persons shoe when positioned upon the footwithout requiring the use of the hands in performing the opera tion.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cleaner for yieldinglyengaging a shoe when moved about within the device whereby dirt andforeign matter is easily and quickly removed therefrom, the structurepossessing great strength and being easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

A. still further object of the invention is the provision of aconveniently positioned device for cleaning and polishing shoes wherebya person may simultaneously clean and polish a shoe upon his Foot byplacing his foot into the device positioned upon the floor,

Nith these general objects in view the invention consists in the novelcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described inconnection with the ac-- companyine drawing and in which like referencecharacters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevational view of the dcvice partlyshown in section,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Fi e: 3 is a transverse sectional view of the same taken upon line HI IHoi Fin. 1,

4- is an end elevation of the device,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal longitudinal Scctional view taken upon line VV of1, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the brush members detached.

Referring; more in detail to the drawing, my invention comprises a baseor plate 10 adapted to be rigidly secured to the floor at a convenientpoint for use, a substantially ll hag" l brush it being iincunted l 2w1, p 13? eslightly inclined with respect to the base for readilyreceiving the sole portion of a shoe for cleaning by means of thebristles 13.

An arch consisting of two parts lei and 15 is mounted upon the baseplate 10 with the portion or section 1 1 constituting one-half of thearch formed integral with the base 10 while the companion arch section15 is pivoted as 16 to the upwardly projecting por tion 1? oi the base.The inner end or face 18 of the section 15 is normally held in con--tact with the adj accnt upper end 19 of the section 14; by springs 20within a recess .21 of the projection 17 and bearing against one end ofsaid recess and a depending flange 22 at the lower extremity of thesection 15. A scraper 27 triangular in cross section connects theprojection 17 with the arch section 14!. and has a sharpened scrapingupper edge 28 beneath the arch, the lower edge of the scraper being cutaway as at 29 arliordingclearance for dirt when the base 10 ispositionedupon the floor.

A brush 30 is horizontally positioned beneath the arch connectingprojection 17 with the opposite base portion of the arch section 1 5i atthe opposite site of the arch from the scraper 27 for convenience inengaging the lower portion of a shoe, from which the rougher dirt hasbeen removed by the scraper edge 28. Each of the arch sections 14% and15 has an inwardly opening" chamber 31 upon its concaved face forreceiving an arcuate brush 32 with the curved bristle portion 33 thereofdepending beneath the arch so that a substantially semi-circularcleaning and polishing means is normally presented for contacting theupper portion of a shoe when moved inwardly beneath the arch.

The brushes 32 are yieldingly mounted within the chambers 31 by means ofscrews 84- hinged at their inner ends to lugs upon the backs of thebrushes 32, the said screws projecting through perforations 36 in thearches 141 and 15 with springs" 37 around the screws and bearing uponsaid brushes 32. Nuts 38 threaded upon the screws 34- outwardly of thearch sections 14 and 15 are adapted "for adjusting the brushes 32 in thedesired position, it being understood that pressure exerted upon the V 3fcrces the brushes 32 outwardly the section 15 swings upon its pivot 16accommodating the movements of the shoe within the arch.

The operation of the invention will be understood from thisdetaileddescription thereof, a person standing near the device willposition his foot over the brush and scraper 27 beneath the arch 14! 15"and against the edge 28 of the scraper27 and over the horizontal brush30. The yieldable mounting of the brushes 32 affords-soft and resilientcontact for the shoe, and the 7 shoe may be removed by upwardly movingthe same against the section 15 swinging the latter upon its pivot 16permitting the shoe to pass upwardly through the arch between the ends18 and 19 of the arch sec brushes carried inwardl of the parts of thearch and a horizontal brush beneath the arch.

2. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch section mounted thereon, asecondarch section pivoted to the base adapted for normal engagementwith its free end against the free end of the first named section at thetop of the device, and resiliently mounted arcuate brushes adjustablycarried inwardly of the arch sections.

8. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch section mounted thereon, asecond arch section pivoted to the base adapted for normal engagementwith its free end against the free end of the first named section at thetop of the device, resiliently mounted arcuate brushes adjustablycarried inwardly of the arch sections, normal positioning springs forthe pivoted section, and a horizontal brush and scraper carried by thebase beneath the arcuate brushes.-

4. A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch mounted thereon comprisingtwo sections, one of said sections being permanently united with thebase and the other I pivoted to. the base, resilient means engaging thepivoted section adapted for maintaining the sections in contact witheach other with the arch closed, and resiliently mounted arcuate brushesupon the inner faces of the arch members.

A shoe cleaner comprising a base, an arch mounted thereon comprising twosections, one of said sections being permanently united withthe base andthe other pivoted to the base, resilient means engaging the pivotedsection adapted for maintaining the sectionsin contact with each otherwith the arch closed, the arch sections having chambers in their innerfaces, arcuate brushes adjustably positioned with in said chambers withthe bristle portions thereof projecting inwardly of the arch, andadjustable resilient connections bo tween said brushes and the archsections.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature.

7 D-OMINIK KOR-CEK.

